Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 3 Flashcards

5109496700	adip/o	fat	0
5109496701	lip/o	fat	1
5109496702	steat/o	fat	2
5109496703	cutane/o	skin	3
5109496704	derm/o	skin	4
5109496705	dermat/o	skin	5
5109496706	epidermis	outer layer of skin	6
5109496707	squamous cell	flat scaly looking cell	7
5109496708	dermis	deepest layer of skin	8
5109496709	integumentary system	skin	9
5109496710	pil/o	hair	10
5109496711	trich/o	hair	11
5109496712	hidr/o	sweat	12
5109496713	squam/o	scale	13
5109496714	onych/o	nail	14
5109496715	ungu/o	nail	15
5109496716	seb/o	oil	16
5109496717	sebace/o	oil	17
5109496718	crypt/o	hidden	18
5109496719	ichthy/o	scaly	19
5109496720	pachy/o	thick	20
5109496721	kerat/o	hard, horny	21
5109496722	xer/o	dry	22
5109496723	rhytid/o	wrinkle	23
5109496724	xanth/o	yellow	24
5109496725	erythr/o	red	25
5109496726	leuk/o	white	26
5109496727	alb/o	white	27
5109496728	melan/o	black	28
5109496729	abrasion	scraping away of skin	29
5109496730	albinism	lack of pigment in skin making it look white	30
5109496731	albino	a person afflicted with albinism	31
5109496732	alopecia	baldness	32
5109496733	anhidrosis	lack of sweating	33
5109496734	comedo	a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum	34
5109496735	cyanidrosis	blue sweat	35
5109496736	depigmentation	loss of pigmentation	36
5109496737	dermatalgia	skin pain	37
5109496738	dermatodynia	skin pain	38
5109496739	dermatolysis	loose skin	39
5109496740	erythema	redness	40
5109496741	erythroderma	red skin	41
5109496742	hemathidrosis	sweating blood	42
5109496743	hidropoisesis	formation of sweat	43
5109496744	hyperhidrosis	excessive sweating	44
5109496745	hyperkerotosis	excessive growth of horny skin	45
5109496746	hypermelanosis	excessive melanin in the skin	46
5109496747	hyperpigmentation	excessive pigment in the skin	47
5109496748	hypohidrosis	diminished sweating	48
5109496749	hypomelanosis	diminished melanin in the skin	49
5109496750	hypopigmentation	diminished pigment in the skin	50
5109496751	leukoderma	white skin	51
5109496752	macerate	to soften the skin	52
5109496753	onychophagia	eating/biting nails	53
5109496754	pruritus	an itch	54
5109496755	rhytidermia	wrinkled skin	55
5109496756	sebopoiesis	formation of oil	56
5109496757	seborrhea	discharge of oil	57
5109496758	trichomegaly	abnormally thick hair	58
5109496759	urticaria	swollen raised itchy areas of the skin	59
5109496760	xanthoderma	yellow skin	60
5109496761	xeroderma	dry skin	61
5109496762	xerosis	condition of dryness	62
5109496763	macule	freckle	63
5109496764	macula	freckle	64
5109496765	patch (vitiligo)	larger flat discolored area	65
5109496766	papule	small solid mass	66
5109496767	plaque	a solid mass on surface of skin	67
5109496768	nodule	a solid mass that extends deeper into skin	68
5109496769	tumor	a larger solid mass	69
5109496770	vesicle	a smaller blister	70
5109496771	bulla	a larger blister	71
5109496772	pustule	a pus-filled blister	72
5109496773	abscess	a localized collection of pus in the body	73
5109496774	erosion	loss of skin	74
5109496775	ulcer	a sore	75
5109496776	excoriation	a scratch	76
5109496777	fissure	a crack in the skin	77
5109496778	scale	skin flaking off	78
5109496779	crust	a dried substance on the skin	79
5109496780	vascular lesion	wounds related to blod vessels	80
5109496781	cherry angioma	a small blood vessel tumor	81
5109496782	telangiectasia (spider angioma)	the overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel; sometimes called an angioma because of how it looks on the skin (tel/angi/ectasia)(end/blood vesesel/expansion)	82
5109496783	petechia	a small bruise	83
5109496784	ecchymosis	a larger bruise	84
5109496785	cicatrix	scar	85
5109496786	keloid	overgrowth of scar tissue	86
5109496787	epidermal tumors	tumors of the skin	87
5109496788	nevus	mole	88
5109496789	dysplastic nevus	a mole with bad changes/formations	89
5109496790	verucca	wart	90
5109496791	culture and sensitivity	growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs it might respond to	91
5109496792	biopsy (Bx)	removal of tissue in order to examine it with your own two eyes	92
5109496793	excisional biopsy	removal of an entire lesion for examination	93
5109496794	incisional biopsy	removal of a portion of a lesion for examination	94
5109496795	dermatoscope	instrument used to look at the skin	95
5109496796	dermoscopy	procedure for looking at the skin	96
5109496797	adipocele	a hernia filled with fatty tissue	97
5109496798	dermatofibroma	a fibrous skin turmor	98
5109496799	erythrocyanosis	a red and blue discoloration of the skin	99
5109496800	keratogenic	causing horny tissue development	100
5109496801	keratosis	horny tissue condition	101
5109496802	necrosis	tissue death	102
5109496803	onychia	a nail condition	103
5109496804	onychocryptosis	an ingrown nail	104
5109496805	onycholysis	the loss of a nail	105
5109496806	onychomalacia	abnormal softening of a nail	106
5109496807	onychopathy	nail disease	107
5109496808	onychophagia	eating the nail	108
5109496809	pachyderma	tough skin	109
5109496810	paronychia	a condition of tissue around the nail	110
5109496811	steatoma	a fatty tumor	111
5109496812	xathoma	a yellow tumor	112
5109496813	decubitus ulcer	bed sore	113
5109496814	dermtosis	skin condition	114
5109496815	dermopathy	skin disease	115
5109496816	eczema	a red itchy rash that may weep or ooze	116
5109496817	atopic dermatitis	an unusual inflammation of the skin	117
5109496818	hypertrichosis	excessive growth of hair	118
5109496819	ichythyosis	a condtion in the skin is dry and scaly resembling fish scales	119
5109496820	postpartum alopecia	baldness experienced by women after a pregnancy	120
5109496821	sclerodermatitis	inflamataion of the skin accompanied by thickening and hardening	121
5109496822	scleronychia	thickening and harding of nails	122
5109496823	xanthosis	yellowing of the skin	123
5109496824	actinic keratosis	horny skin condition caused by sun exposure	124
5109496825	basal cell carcinoma	cancerous tumor of basal skin cells	125
5109496826	hidradenoma	tumor of the sweat gland	126
5109496827	malignant cutaneous neoplasm	a harmful tumor of melanin cells	127
5109496828	squamous cell carcinoma	cancerous tumor of squamous skin cells	128
5109496829	acne vulgaris	inflammation of the skin follicles	129
5109496830	dermatomycosis	a fungal skin condition	130
5109496831	hidradenitis	inflammation of the sweat glands	131
5109496832	impetigo	a highly contagious bacterial infeciton of the skin	132
5109496833	mycodermatitis	inflammation of the skin caused by fungus	133
5109496834	mycosis	a fungal condition	134
5109496835	onychodystrophy	poor nourishment and development of the nail	135
5109496836	onychomycosis	a fungal condition of the nail	136
5109496837	trichomycosis	a fungal condtion of the hair	137
5109496838	actinic dermatitis	inflammation of the skin cause by sun exposure	138
5109496839	dermatititis	inflamattion of the skin	139
5109496840	dermatoconiosis	a skin condition caued by dirt	140
5109496841	seborrheic dermatitis	inflammation of the skin caused by the discharge of oil	141
5109496842	steatitis	inflammation of the fat tissue	142
5109496843	epidermal	pertaining to the skin	143
5109496844	hypodermic	pertaining to beneath the skin	144
5109496845	intradermal	pertaining to inside the skin	145
5109496846	percutaneous	pertaining to through the skin	146
5109496847	subcutaneous	pertaining to beneath the skin	147
5109496848	transdermal	pertaining to through the skin	148
5109496849	chemosurgery	the removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals	149
5109496850	chemotherapy	treatment using chemicals	150
5109496851	cryosurgery	destruction of tissue through freezing	151
5109496852	dermabrasion	rubbing or scrapign awa the outer surface of skin	152
5109496853	electrocauterization	using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it	153
5109496854	electrodesiccation	using electricity to destryoy tissue by drying it	154
5109496855	incision and drainage	to cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain	155
5109496856	lipectomy	removal of fatty tissue	156
5109496857	liposuction	removal of fatty tissue using a vacuum	157
5109496858	onychectomy	removal of a nail	158
5109496859	onychotomy	incision into a nail	159
5109496860	rhytidoplasty	reconstruction of wrinkled skin	160
5109496861	autograft	skin transplant taken from another part of patient's body	161
5109496862	homograft/ allograft	skin transpant taken from same species	162
5109496863	heterograft	skin transplant taken from other species	163
5109496864	xenograft	skin transplant taken from other species	164
5109496865	anesthetic	temporarily blocks sensation	165
5109496866	antibiotic	destroys/opposes life	166
5109496867	antihistamine	drug that opposes the effects of histamine	167
5109496868	antipruritic	a drug that releives itching	168
5109496869	antiseptic	a drug that prevents sepsis (rotting of flesh)	169